effaceverb
uk/ɪˈfeɪs/us/ɪˈfeɪs/efface verb (REMOVE)
[ T ] formal to remove something intentionally:
The whole country had tried to efface the memory of the old dictatorship.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Deleting writing
- blank
- blank sth out
- cross
- cross sb/sth off (sth)
- cross sth out
- delete
- deletion
- edit
- edit sth out
- erase
- rub
- rub sth out
- score
- score sth out/through
- strike
- strike sth out/through
- x
efface verb (BE MODEST)
efface yourself
to behave in a modest way and treat the good things that you have achieved as if they are not important, often because you do not have much confidence
See also
self-effacing
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Shy and modest
- aw shucks
- backward
- bashful
- be backward in coming forward idiom
- coy
- inadequacy
- inadequate
- inhibited
- inhibition
- introvert
- modest
- reticent
- self-effacing
- selfless
- shrinking violet
- shy
- shyly
- shyness
- withdraw
- withdrawal
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